We don’t need our politicians to be beer-swigging, iceberg lettuce-eating, Rolling Stones-listening Average Joes (and, if they are, that should be a matter of serendipity rather than design). We need them to be, rather, smart and thoughtful and invested in the improvement of the nation. Perhaps we should stop caring what kind of music our candidates prefer, in the hope that whoever next occupies the Oval Office won’t have time to listen to it. In the hope that his presidency will keep him, you know, occupied with other things. Like fixing the country.